Overview

TOAD provides a number of features that make SQL development easy:

  • Keyboard shortcuts

  • Table and column select lists

  • SQL templates

  • Options for creating and executing SQL scripts

  • Options for reviewing, editing, and saving result-set data

  • Compatibility with SQL*Plus

The Editor window is the basis of the entire TOAD tool, giving you the ability to create and edit SQL: both individual SQL statements (possibly to be inserted into applications) and scripts that contain multiple SQL statements. Figure 3.1 shows the basic SQL Editor window.

Figure 3.1. TOAD SQL Editor window.

This illustration shows the default SQL Editor. Notice the various buttons ...

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